Happy new year everyone! 2016 was a great year full of all kinds of adventure and accomplishments. Kids growing up, a new day job, the Global Juke Box now feature-complete and on its way to release, a good number of jazz and rock gigs, a new piano and sax. The holidays came at us fast, amid a flurry of work deadlines. By the end I definitely needed a break. Among other events, we hosted Jeannie\u2019s family\u2019s big holiday party, which rotates around among the cousins so it\u2019s our turn every seven years.<\/p>\n
Lots of good stuff for Christmas. I got Michelle and acoustic\/electric ukulele since she\u2019s now playing in a band, and Jeannie a 3-D printer. She and Michelle have been having a great time learning how to use it, pulling files for models off the net. I must say it\u2019s a pretty cool piece of technology! We went upstate to visit by parents and brother and his family which was very nice, and had Jeannie\u2019s brother’s family down for New Year\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Only downside was right after Xmas I started having problems with pain in my foot and ankle. It got pretty bad to the point where I had to stay off my feet for a few days. Luckily Jeannie got me a book for Xmas \u2013 Bruce Springsteen\u2019s autobiography. It\u2019s very well written and you can tell you doesn\u2019t use a ghostwriter. However, like his records, the early part of the story, up to the early 80\u2019s is much more interesting the second half, in which rides out a comfortable plateau of superstardom. (Even thought I really dug it at the time, I still don\u2019t feel like hearing anything off Born in the U.S.A. again, although I still enjoy the E Street Shuffle.) In any event my foot is starting to get better now, so hopefully I\u2019ll be back to my usual self soon.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s looking forward to a mellow and prosperous 2017. Lots more changes ahead.<\/p>\n
BTW, this January marks the ten year anniversary of my blog. Thanks to all who\u2019ve been reading. Might be fun to page back thru the archives and see how things have changed in that time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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